No intellisence for Span<T>'s GetPinnableReference method

sdflysha · May 2019

For following code (install latest version of System.Memory):

Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[1024];
// No intellisence for: buffer.Get...
buffer.GetPinnableReference().Dump();

When I type buffer.Get, there is no intellisence out there(should list a GetPinnableReference), and the code is working.

nescafe · May 2019

GetPinnableReference is decorated with the EditorBrowsable attribute, State = Never:

[EditorBrowsable((EditorBrowsableState) EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public unsafe ref T GetPinnableReference();

See also:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.componentmodel.editorbrowsablestate?view=netframework-4.8

This class is used by a visual designer to determine what is visible to the user. For example, the IntelliSense engine in Visual Studio never shows methods or properties that are marked as Never.

sdflysha · May 2019

Thanks, make perfect sense to me.

No intellisence for Span<T>'s GetPinnableReference method

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